Ornamental chain



(No Model.)

J. J. HORTON.

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

No. 268,102. V Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES J. HORTON, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

O-RNAM'ENTAL CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,102, dated November28, 1882. Application filed August 11, 1882. tNomodel.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. HORTON, ofAttleborough,in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement; in Ornamental Chains; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing specification, taken inconnection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates particularly to what are known as .gentlemensvest-chains; and my improvement consists in providing the chain with anornamental member, which is furnished with eyes or equivalent means toconnect the main chain with the hook or bar chain, and to support thedrop or charm chain, as will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents the ornamental memberdetached from the chain. Fig. 2 shows a chain embodying my improvement.

A is the main chain; B, the hook or bar chain; 0, the drop or charmchain; and D is the ornamental member,which is provided with eyes at dd, or equivalent means, to enable it to connect and to be connected tothe other parts of the chain. As shown in the drawings, the member D islozenge shape, and is ornamented on one of its faces by a stone settherein; but the said member may be of any other preferred contour, andone or both of its faces may be plain or may be ornamented in anydesired manner, as by engraving, filigree-work, &c. The member D mayalso be made in two parts or halves hinged together atthe edge, and oneor both halves be adapted to receive a picture, and thus serve theadditional purpose of a locket.

If desired, the ornamental member D may be connected with the chaindifferently than shown in the drawings-as, for instance, the main andbar chains may be joined, and the member D form a connection betweensuch jointed chains and the charm-chain and depend from the former.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a watch-chain having anornamental member, D, connecting the main chain and the barcha-in,substantially as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a watch-chain having anornamental member, D, which connects the charm-chain with the main andbar chains, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a watch-chain composed of a main chain, A, abar-chain, B, and a charm-chain, O, of an ornamental meniber,1),provided with means, as described, for connecting said chains,substantially as described and shown.

JAMES J. HORTON.

Witnesses:

EDSON SALISBURY J ONES, GEO. W. GADY.

